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Palisades Tahoe, CA, Base-to-Base Gondola Will be Completed for Next Winter

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The highly anticipated $65 million Base-to-Base Gondola at Palisades Tahoe, CA, will be completed for the 22/23 winter season, Alterra Mountain Company announced on Monday. “The 16-minute gondola ride will take skiers and riders between the two base areas, The Village at Palisades Tahoe and Alpine Lodge, reducing road congestion in the region and making it easier to enjoy both […]
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UPDATE: More Details From Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, CA on the Gondola That Will Create North America’s 3rd Largest Resort

Alterra Mountain Company yesterday (4/12/21) confirmed that the long-anticipated Squaw Valley to Alpine Meadows gondola would go ahead this summer. Connecting the two resorts will create the third-largest ski resort in North America and the second in the US (depending on how you work it out), behind Whistler Blackcomb, BC, and Park City, UT. There has been talk of a gondola […]
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Alterra Announces $207-Million Upgrades at Resorts | Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, CA Base-to-Base Gondola Confirmed

Alterra Mountain Company announces its plans to invest $207 million in capital improvements for the upcoming year, including transformational base area and on-mountain developments at Steamboat, Deer Valley Resort, Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows and Mammoth Mountain. Related: Could the Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, CA Base-to-Base Gondola Happen This Summer? This year’s $207 million plan includes $111m in significant resort projects, […]
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Everything You Could Ever Want to Know About the Squaw/Alpine Base-To-Base Gondola

SQUAW-ALPINE BASE-TO-BASE GONDOLA UPDATE: updated on August 4th, 2017 8-passenger gondola Large spaces between cars 1,400 persons per hour (half the rate of a typical six-pack chairlift) From Squaw Valley base to Alpine Meadows base Squaw segment would allow skiers to exit at top of KT or continue to Alpine Meadows Squaw segment could operate when wind closes upper mountain […]
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Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, CA Base-to-Base Gondola Update: Andy Wirth & Troy Caldwell Hold Meeting

Last Friday, Andy Wirth (President & COO of Squaw Valley) and Troy Caldwell (owner of White Wolf, the land between Squaw Valley & Alpine Meadows ski resorts) held a joint meeting to inform the public on the latest information about the Base-to-Base Gondola proposed between Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows ski resorts.  Below are the details of that meeting. SQUAW-ALPINE […]
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The Definitive Guide to Squaw/Alpine’s Base-to-Base Gondola:

Squaw Valley Ski Holdings owns Squaw Valley ski resort and the adjacent Alpine Meadows ski resort (both in California) and they’re planning to connect them via a Base-to-Base Gondola. At this point, only an initial project application for the Base-to-Base Gondola connecting Squaw Valley & Alpine Meadows has been submitted to Placer County, CA.  It was submitted to Placer County […]
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Troy Caldwell Speaks Out About the Squaw/Alpine Base-to-Base Gondola

Troy Caldwell during our interview with him in May 2014. photo: snowbrains.com

Troy Caldwell, owner of White Wolf (the land between Squaw Valley & Alpine Meadows), has spoken out for the first time about the proposed Base-to-Base gondola. To be clear, this “project” so far is only a public statement by Squaw. No proposal has been submitted, no permits granted, no environmental impact reports requested, and no plans at all to move forward. If this project is to move forward, it […]
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